Spain, Europe and wildfires
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Up to 20 major wildfires are burning in total, the majority in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, while there are several blazes in neighbouring Portugal.
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Record area of land burnt as Spain battles worst fires in decades
Spain is seeing its most devastating forest fires in over 20 years, with 3,440 square kilometres of land destroyed by more than 220 fires so far this year, according to new EU estimates. The previous record registered by the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) was 3,
Another 500 soldiers have been deployed across Spain to battle the deadly wildfires scorching the country. More than 1,000 troops have now been sent in to tackle several raging infernos, which have burned an area roughly the size of metropolitan London in the past week, killing seven people.
Spain's worst wave of wildfires in at least two decades spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountain range on Monday and prompted authorities to close part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.
Wildfires are burning in parts of Europe as millions of people across the continent struggled to adapt to the new reality: record summer heat.
The tradition of the siesta is no accident. Spain has been living with extreme heat for centuries, and its people have ways of coping.
Temperatures have soared to 45C in Spain in the past fortnight - so far fires have burned over an area the size of Mallorca
Europe is on track for its worst wildfire season on record as swaths of the continent – including France, Spain, Albania, Portugal and Greece — battle raging, deadly fires as temperature soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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